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Quiz Answers
With Special Thanks to Peter Ryerson and Bev Griffin!
| 1900/09 | 1910/19 | 1920/29 | 1930/39 | 1940/49 | 1950/59 | 1960/69 | 1970/79 | 1980/89 | 1990/99 |
YEAR:
ABBREVIATION = ANSWER
1900:
B of QE THE QM = Birth of Queen
Elizabeth the Queen Mother
1901:
D of QV
= Death of Queen
Victoria
1902:
L of H and G by EE = Land of Hope
and Glory by Edward Elgar
1903:
FF by the WB
= First Flight by the
Wright Brothers
1904:
PP by JMB
= Peter Pan by JM
Barrie
1905:
CB - PM
= Campbell Bannerman - Prime Minister
1906:
SFE and F
= San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
1907:
F of BSM
1908:
DLG-C of the E
= David Lloyd
George – Chancellor of the Exchequer
1909: PR the NP = Peary Reaches the North Pole
| 1900/09 | 1910/19 | 1920/29 | 1930/39 | 1940/49 | 1950/59 | 1960/69 | 1970/79 | 1980/89 | 1990/99 |
1910:
A of GV
= Accession of George V
1911:
AR the SP
= Amundsen Reaches the South Pole
1912:
S of T
= Sinking of Titanic
1913:
R of S, by S =
Right of Spring, by Stravinsky
1914:
A of AFF at S
= Assassination
of Archduke Francis Ferdinand at Sarajevo
1915:
GL
= Gallipoli Landing
1916:
B of the S
= Battle of the
Somme
1917:
RR
= Russian Revolution
1918:
E of FWW
= End of First World
War
1919:
LNA - FWMP
= ( First Woman MP)
| 1900/09 | 1910/19 | 1920/29 | 1930/39 | 1940/49 | 1950/59 | 1960/69 | 1970/79 | 1980/89 | 1990/99 |
1920:
P in USA
= Prohibition in the USA
1921: IFS = Irish Free State
1922:
D of the T of T in E
= Discovery
of the Tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt
1923:
FFAC - W by BW
= First FA Cup
– Won by Bolton Wanderers
1924:
D of L
= Death of Lenin
1925:
MK by AH
= Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
1926:
GS
= General Strike
1927: FTP - the JS = First Talking Picture - The Jazz Singer
1928:
GZC the A
1929:
WSC
= Wall Street Crash
| 1900/09 | 1910/19 | 1920/29 | 1930/39 | 1940/49 | 1950/59 | 1960/69 | 1970/79 | 1980/89 | 1990/99 |
1930:
D of the PP
1931:
C of the ESB
1932:
O of SHB
1933:
AH - C of G
= Adolf Hitler –
Chancellor of Germany
1934:
I of DT in B
1935:
P and B by G
= Porgy and Bess
by Gershwin
1936:
JM
1937:
M of D of W and WS
= Marriage
of Duke of Windsor and Wallace Simpson
1938:
MA
1939:
OPB of PC by TSE
= Old
Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by TS Elliot
| 1900/09 | 1910/19 | 1920/29 | 1930/39 | 1940/49 | 1950/59 | 1960/69 | 1970/79 | 1980/89 | 1990/99 |
1940:
D
= Dunkirk
1941:
JA on PH
= Japanese Attack on
Pearl Harbour
1942:
FB of DID
1943:
S of I
1944:
DD
= D Day
1945:
ABD on H
= Atom Bomb dropped
on Hiroshima
1946:
AGYG by IB
1947:
M of PE and PM
=
Marriage of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten
1948:
BAL
1949:
D of a S by AM
| 1900/09 | 1910/19 | 1920/29 | 1930/39 | 1940/49 | 1950/59 | 1960/69 | 1970/79 | 1980/89 | 1990/99 |
1950: B of PA = Birth of Prince Ann
1951:
F of BSM
1952:
FP of the M
1953:
FA of ME
= First Ascent of Mount Everest
1954:
RA the C by BH and the C = Rock
Around the Clock by Bill Haley and the Comets
1955:
I of CT in B
1956:
SC
1957:
L of SS by USSR
1958:
O of GA
1959:
FM in B
| 1900/09 | 1910/19 | 1920/29 | 1930/39 | 1940/49 | 1950/59 | 1960/69 | 1970/79 | 1980/89 | 1990/99 |
1960:
"W of C" S by HM
1961:
FMSF by YG
= First Manned Space
Flight by Yuri Gagarin
1962:
D of MM
= Death of Marilyn
Monroe
1963:
GTR
= Great Train Robbery
1964:
CBML by the B
= Can’t Buy Me
Love by the Beatles
1965:
I of SMPHSL in B
1966:
EWWC
= England Win World Cup
1967:
FHTO by CB
1968:
A of MLK
= Assassination of
Martin Luther King
1969:
FM on the M - NA
= First Man on
the Moon - Neil Armstrong
| 1900/09 | 1910/19 | 1920/29 | 1930/39 | 1940/49 | 1950/59 | 1960/69 | 1970/79 | 1980/89 | 1990/99 |
1970:
D of G de G
= Death of General
de Gaulle
1971:
DD
= Decimal Day
1972:
SJB - PL
= Sir John Betjeman
– Poet Laureate
1973:
M of PA and CMP
= Marriage of
Princess Ann and Captain Mark Phillips
1974:
R of RN
= Resignation of
Richard Nixon
1975:
E of VW
1976:
V1 L on M
=
Voyager 1 Lands on Mars
1977:
VWWWS at W
= Virginia Wade Wins
Women’s Singles at Wimbledon
1978:
B of ETTB
1979:
MT - PM
= Margaret Thatcher –
Prime Minister
| 1900/09 | 1910/19 | 1920/29 | 1930/39 | 1940/49 | 1950/59 | 1960/69 | 1970/79 | 1980/89 | 1990/99 |
1980:
E of MSH
1981:
M of PC and LDS
= Marriage of
Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
1982:
FW
= Falklands War
1983:
BMR
= Brinks-Mat Robbery
1984:
B at GH in B
1985:
O of F from S to G
1986:
E in NR at C
1987:
RB - Fhabf across A
= Richard
Branson – First hot air balloon flight across Atlantic
1988: B on Pab over L = Bomb on Pan Am Boeing over Locherbie
1989:
O of BW
= Overthrow? Of Berlin
Wall
| 1900/09 | 1910/19 | 1920/29 | 1930/39 | 1940/49 | 1950/59 | 1960/69 | 1970/79 | 1980/89 | 1990/99 |
1990:
BY - P of R
= Boris Yeltsin
– President of Russia
1991:
ODS in the GW
1992:
SG and LC-WOG
1993:
JP, D by SS
1994:
TB - LPL
= Tony Blair –
Labour Party Leader
1995:
FGW6O
= Forrest Gump won 6 Oscars
1996:
M at DPS
1997:
D of PD
= Death of Princess Diana
1998:
GFA for NI
= Good Friday Agreement
for Northern Ireland
1999: C of MD (?!) = Completion of Millennium Dome
| 1900/09 | 1910/19 | 1920/29 | 1930/39 | 1940/49 | 1950/59 | 1960/69 | 1970/79 | 1980/89 | 1990/99 |
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